This morning in the Bear Creek Greenbelt, a young Red-tailed Hawk was perched over Bear Creek:

Red-tailed Hawk

Not a single muskrat was around.  After the hawk flew off, a mink showed up:

Mink

The same Sharp-shinned Hawk paying another visit to my backyard:

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Today in the Bear Creek Greenbelt:

Mink

Here’s a Sharp-shinned Hawk that emptied my backyard of songbirds:

Sharp-shinned Hawk

For comparison, a Cooper’s Hawk I saw in the Bear Creek Greenbelt yesterday:

Cooper’s Hawk

Female bighorn sheep, in light snow, not far from the Trail Ridge Road at Rocky Mountain National Park today.

Bighorn sheep

Her lamb:

Bighorn sheep

Bighorn sheep

And what would a trip be to Rocky Mountain National Park without checking in on the pika?

Pika

Early morning in the Bear Creek Greenbelt:

Beaver

Later in the morning, in Genesee:

Red-tailed Hawk

Immature Hooded Merganser at close of day in the Bear Creek Greenbelt:

Hooded Merganser

Birds stopping by the bird bath in my backyard:

House Finch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Early morning in the Bear Creek Greenbelt:

Black-billed Magpie

Beaver

Beaver swimming with chewing stick

Beaver enjoying its chewing stick

One of the yearling beavers at the Stone House pond in the Bear Creek Greenbelt:

Beaver